An additional note that somebody else posted to debian-devel (I believe) -- this shows that there ARE scripts in /etc/init.d that set the PATH line, and to the best of knowledge, do not even append, but just overwrite.
So we DO have to deal with an existing issue, because scripts are being written however the maintainer wants them to be written. I think the time for a policy has come, and that is should be (I'm biased) "append your necessary PATH to the currently set path". Below is the list of scripts that already overwrite PATH. -- Brock Rozen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Technical Services (410)358-9800 Project Genesis http://www.torah.org/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:53:24 -0400 From: Stephen J. Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> bash-2.02$ grep PATH * apache:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin atd:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin atd.dpkg-old:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin dhcpc-orig:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin halt:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin modutils:PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" grep: nohup.out: Permission denied rcS:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin rcS:export PATH runlevel prevlevel reboot:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin well ok bash-2.02$ grep PATH * apache:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin atd:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin atd.dpkg-old:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin dhcpc-orig:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin halt:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin modutils:PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" grep: nohup.out: Permission denied rcS:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin rcS:export PATH runlevel prevlevel reboot:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin samba:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin sendsigs:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin single:PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" skeleton:PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin squid:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin umountfs:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin xdm:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin xfs:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin xfstt:PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin I count 16 unique scripts that have it. I also count about 45 scripts in my init.d directory. Sound slike your right.
